How Magic Changed the Scene

Next weekend, I plan on beginning the filming of my scene. However, I had no previous experience on how to create a realistic injury. So, after searching for a while on how to do so, I found a relatively old homemade video on a magic trick,popularized by magicians like David Blaine(below). Within the video, the creator shows how to stick a needle through their arm by simply brushing a sticky, see-through material over in (in his case he used rubber cement, but it could theoretically work with other materials). 

In the beginning of my scene, the piano player has his fingers injured to the point of being unable to continue his musical career. So, by using this rather crude yet effective form of a magic trick, I am able to make typical magical illusion into say something like stitches, which are commonly seen after surgeries. However, there are still various topics of which to resolve, like the overall setting, the casting, and even to just simply schedule when the filming will begin. With some luck and effort, that will be finished before the end of the week so I can begin to get this show on the road. 



R. (2007, June 28). Needle thru arm explanation. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwarxzLzBXI

Crazy: David Blaine Sticks A Needle Through His Arm! (2015, January 22). Retrieved from http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhM93V09t88Xu1b8d1